Chris's Journal

One More Week...

With recent events adding a bit more stress to my life it's a good thing that I only have one more week as a 1L. In the past week I've completed Civ Pro II and Property II. Being the two "easier" tests, I'm looking forward to a week of tests, course reviews, and constantly fighting myself to stay on task.

In Memory

Our bulldog, Boss, passed away yesterday. I'm still in a bit of a shock from the phone call last night about it. He was always such a happy "little" dog, even when you could tell he wasn't feeling very well, he'd still come up to you and wag his stub of a tail. Boss was the only dog that we ever had that I remember as a puppy. I remember him playing in the snow the first winter that we had him and the snow was higher then he was. He had to jump in order to get through the snow. I also remember him dressed up in a Halloween costume that my mom bought for him as he stood outside while candy was handed out to the kids in the old neighborhood. It's going to be very strange to visit my parents now and not have him come and greet us. He's going to be missed.

She's decided...

and she's going to attend Boston College. I've known it for a few days and I'm happy that she's decided on what school she'll be attending for law school next year. Of course, due to the fact that I'm attending UofL at present, my feelings overall are a bit mixed. (She's going to be nearly 1000 miles away!)

Looks like I'm going to be making regular trips up to Massachusetts.

So Close

It's getting really close to finals time and as expected, my stress levels have started to rise once again. A thousand different thoughts are going through my head right now. How will I do on my finals? What classes will I take next fall? What am I going to do over this summer? Where is Teresa going to go to law school? Only prayer has seemed to keep me in check to date and prevented me from losing it too much.

Teresa's in Boston, MA tonight with her mom visiting Boston College. If you take the time to read her site (which you should), you would know that she's been accepted to both the law and graduate schools at BC. She'll be back in town soon and I am looking forward to that a great deal. I'm not exactly sure how things are going to work out if she moves there for school, but I hope she chooses to go wherever she think she's going to be the happiest.

Well, I think I'm going to go take one of the last remaining chances I have for a good nights rest now. Tomorrow I have a full day of outlines, cleaning, and other joyful work to do.

Two more weeks...

There's a little more than two weeks until finals begin. I'm both looking forward to them (in the sense of getting them over with) and dreading them (in the sense of studying for and the stress of taking them).

They're having SBA elections on campus today, but I'm not going to vote. Yeah, me, Mr. Politics, will not be voting in an election. It's basically that I don't feel like choosing between friends. Normally, I don't have them running against each other, but I do this year. And if they're not running against each other, they're un-opposed for the most part. So, I'm just staying out and whoever wins will do just as good of a job as the person they ran against.

I'm going to apply for the law journals here soon, though I don't know if I'll be accepted as a candidate. But it sure doesn't hurt to apply on the off chance that I get selected. But now it's time for me to get back to work. More later...